Deuteronomy 12:5-7
12:5 But you must seek only the place he
chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence,
and you must go there.
12:6 And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared,
your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
12:7 Both you and your families
must feast there before the
Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he
has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 12:11-15
12:11 Then you must come to the place the
Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing
everything I am commanding you – your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared,
and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.
12:12 You shall rejoice in the presence of the
Lord your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages
(since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).
12:13 Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish,
12:14 for you may do so
only in the place the
Lord chooses in one of your tribal areas – there you may do everything I am commanding you.
Regulations for Profane Slaughter
12:15 On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the Lord your God blesses you in all your villages. Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex.
Deuteronomy 12:20-22
The Sanctity of Blood
12:20 When the Lord your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, “I want to eat meat just as I please,” you may do so as you wish.
12:21 If the place he chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages just as you wish.
12:22 Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them.
Deuteronomy 12:26-27
12:26 Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the
Lord will choose.
12:27 You must offer your burnt offerings, both meat and blood, on the altar of the
Lord your God; the blood of your other sacrifices
you must pour out on his
altar while you eat the meat.